9/25/2023 0 Comments Lord of the rings undying landsTolkien – The SilmarillionĪs you can see from Tolkein’s description in The Silmarillion, Valinor is essentially paradise, but not the kind that you have to die before you can go there. In that guarded land the Valar gathered great store of light and the fairest things that were saved from the ruin and many others yet fairer they made anew, and Valinor became more beautiful even than Middle-earth in the Spring of Arda and it was blessed, for the Deathless dwelt there, and there naught faded nor withered, neither was there any stain upon flower or leaf in that land, nor any corruption or sickness in anything that lived for the very stones and waters were hallowed.” J.R.R. “Behind the walls of the Pelóri, the Valar established their domain in that region which is called Valinor, and there were their houses, their gardens, and their towers. Both the Valar and the Elves are immortal beings, hence the name, The Undying Lands. Valar is an angelic spiritual being that is often referred to as ‘masters of spirits.’ Born from Eru Iluvatar’s (God’s) own mind, these beings have no physical body instead, they are reflections of the creator’s heart and mind.Įlves also live alongside the Valar in the mystical Undying Lands, but unlike their human, hobbit, and dwarf friends, they never die. The realm contains the magical land of Valinor, the ancestral home of the Valar. Despite having the opportunity to destroy the Ring, he claims it and thus sets off the chain of events detailed in The Lord of the Rings.The Undying Lands, also known as the Blessed Realm of Aman, are separated from Middle Earth by the great Belegaer Sea. Towards the end of the Second Age, while the Last Alliance of Elves and Men fights to destroy Sauron, Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron’s hand. Following its demise, the then-king, Elendil, and his two sons, Isildur and Anárion, set off to Middle-earth, where they established two kingdoms, Gondor and Arnor. However, it is during the Second Age that Númenor meets its downfall, with a little help from Sauron. Found to the west of Middle-earth, it is one of the great civilisations of Men. While we don’t fully visit Númenor in the first two episodes of The Rings of Power, it’s clear that we will by episode three. Or perhaps he is a god? We’ve got five seasons to find out. It’s very possible the mysterious stranger could be Olórin, although he could easily be another wizard. While known under that moniker, he was actually a sort of spirit that dwelled in Valinor, watching over the Elves. Gandalf, before he was the beloved grey wizard with a penchant for fireworks, was known as Olórin. Should this be the case, it would be a big deviation from the lore, although there are ways it could work. There are even theories that he could be Gandalf, given his ability to converse with the fireflies in the second episode. However, there are theories that the man who falls from the sky in the meteor could well be one of the wizards. Gandalf, nor any of the wizards (soz Saruman), actually appear in Middle-earth during the Second Age. They are, instead, nomadic people who like to keep to themselves. (It’s either that or Amazon weren’t permitted the rights to use the word “hobbit”.) During this era, the Harfoots don’t have a permanent home (the Shire is a few hundred years off, at least). However, despite their hairy feet and short stature, the show does not call them Hobbits, which is likely a deliberate decision to differentiate them from those creatures in The Lord of the Rings. Harfoots are, for all intents and purposes, a breed of Hobbit (the one that, by the time of The Lord of the Rings, has become the predominant breed of Hobbit). Nevertheless, this is one of the examples where The Rings of Power plays a little fast and loose with Tolkien’s lore.
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